11 Facts About Peter Gzowski

Peter Gzowski was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Margaret McGregor and Harold Edward Peter Gzowski.

Sir Casimir Peter Gzowski was an aide de camp of Queen Victoria - who knighted him - and briefly acted as the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, when his predecessor died in office.

Peter Gzowski's mother died the summer following the commencement of Peter Gzowski's studies at Ridley College.

Peter Gzowski attended the University of Toronto but never graduated; he was later awarded 11 honorary degrees.

Peter Gzowski returned to Moose Jaw, to host his last episode of Morningside from the Temple Gardens Mineral Spa Resort.

In 1986, Peter Gzowski held the first fundraising golf tournament for literacy, a cause that was very important to him.

In 2000, Peter Gzowski stopped smoking through attending a treatment centre for persons with addictions.

Peter Gzowski wrote the essay "Life after smoking", which was published in 50+ Magazine in June 2001 and included in A Peter Gzowski Reader, published by McClelland and Stewart in October, 2001.

The book is a collection of Peter Gzowski's written works, commencing from his time as a writer for The Varsity at the University of Toronto, collected and with commentary by Peter Gzowski.

Peter Gzowski died of emphysema in Toronto on January 24,2002.

Peter Gzowski was the father of a son, born in 1961, from an extra-marital relationship.